Diet

Feeding regime

Environment Specifics

Requires a very large tank in captivity and only really suitable for public aquariums. While it can tolerate freshwater conditions it spends the majority of it's time at sea, only entering freshwater to spawn.

Behaviour

A bottom-dwelling fish that hunts along the substrate for food using its very sensitive snout.

Identification

The Atlantic Sturgeon has an olive-black upper body and a creamy white belly with an elongated body which tapers to a narrow pointed tip at the snout, and lacks scales. It can be easily recognised by five rows of light-coloured bony platelets that run the length of the fish. Possessing no teeth, it uses conspicuous sensitive barbels on the lower jaw to locate prey which are sucked into the mouth.